Local words of the year

Friday

Dec 27, 2013 at 12:01 AMDec 27, 2013 at 7:53 PM

A list of local words-of-the-year.

Local words of the year, according to me:

Tension

The reluctant Columbus Board of Education found itself in a less-than-idyllic relationship with Mayor Michael Coleman and his reform-minded Columbus Education Commission. In the end, they sort of cooperated, which didn't matter much. The school levy was resoundingly defeated.

Audit

State Auditor Dave Yost made both the Columbus schools and JobsOhio nervous with his oversight. JobsOhio came out clean. The schools won't.

Conscience

Gov. John Kasich, pushing for Medicaid expansion, urged state legislators to follow their consciences and approve it. Evidently, the governor has a different conscience than they do. The legislators wouldn't go along. He found a way around them.

CoGo

An alternative transportation system was plopped down in the heart of Columbus with the arrival of bikeshare.

Left turn

The Clintonville mini-tempest ended when left turns began off North Broadway to High Street. The world didn't end.